Last Of The 'Angola Three' Is Closer To Freedom

A judge has ordered the last remaining member of the "Angola Three" left in prison to be released, but he's not a free man quite yet.

By Sebastian Martinez | June 9, 2015

After more than 40 years of solitary confinement, the last member of the Angola Three left in prison is one step closer to freedom.

On Monday, a federal judge ordered Albert Woodfox's release, overturning Woodfox's conviction for the 1972 murder of a guard at Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola. (Video via Gold Circle Films / 'In the Land of the Free')